Oh, so you weren't asking about these possibly suggested new compulsory e-tag laws...

Well the laws states you must pay to use a toll road, the classic toll roads have a barrier that forces you to pay to proceed, so not possible to break that law (some motorcyclists possibly do). These ones have no barrier and many aren't paying, civil disobedience protest or just laziness, both have the same affect though.

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Oh, so you weren't asking about these possibly suggested new compulsory e-tag laws...

Well the laws states you must pay to use a toll road, the classic toll roads have a barrier that forces you to pay to proceed, so not possible to break that law (some motorcyclists possibly do). These ones have no barrier and many aren't paying, civil disobedience protest or just laziness, both have the same affect though.

Cool, thanks. I am familiar with what you just said. E-tolls have been in the news since its inception, so at least I have that going for me.
I have also been lurking on MyBroadband for a few years (also read the daily newsletter), so I'm semi-clued up.

Now I'm going to cease hijacking this thread and do some digging in the forums to find out more

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If am forced to get an etag, or dealers are forced to add them to vehicles, I will also the Microwave Activation Method. However, just having one on my windscreen (active or otherwise) will annoy me somewhat (unless it's one of the red ones, still want to get one of those! ).

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If am forced to get an etag, or dealers are forced to add them to vehicles, I will also the Microwave Activation Method. However, just having one on my windscreen (active or otherwise) will annoy me somewhat (unless it's one of the red ones, still want to get one of those! ).

Indeed, don't have to travel THAT far to buy a vehicle "out of province" actually. They really are grasping at straws here. I do not care if they cap it at R10, I still won't get one of those blasted things. WHEN will they get that message. I successfully renewed my car licence last year with a few thousand rand of Etoll bills, will do the same this year with an even larger Etoll bill.